Hi Business Majors:
This just in .... interesting summer internship with a sustainability angle. It carries a stipend ($$). If interested, respond quickly with a resume.
Organizing Internships: Summer 2011
About the Challenge:
The Southeastern Environmental Education Alliance (SEEAL) is launching the SouthCoast Energy Challenge to
engage and mobilize residents to become more thoughtful and efficient energy consumers. The program is aims
to reduce fossil fuel-based energy consumption by 15% among 35,000 SouthCoast households, over 3 years.
This approximately 120 million pound reduction in carbon dioxide emissions is equivalent to taking about
10,000 cars off the road! The Challenge will promote individual action as well as friendly competition among
towns, schools, businesses, congregations, and nonprofits. In Summer 2011, the Energy Challenge will launch in
Greater New Bedford.
SEEAL lead partners in the Challenge include: Marion Institute, Bristol Community College, University of
Massachusetts Dartmouth Office of Sustainability, Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development
District (SRPEDD), Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership (SEMAP), and the Ocean Explorium.
SEEAL is a program fund of the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts.
Internship Description:
The primary focus of the SouthCoast Energy Challenge Outreach & Organizing Interns will be to aid in the
logistics of program launch and promotion. The successful interns will work closely with the Program
Coordinators to organize and promote the Challenge. While some of the work will be in the SEEAL office, the
Organizing team will be expected to be primarily in the community at large--tabling at events, canvassing, etc.
Primary Responsibilities:
Event tabling and neighborhood canvassing
Manage systems for recording and tracking registrants, leaders, and overall campaign progress
Organize activists to build local Action Committees
Work closely with team to design and create organizing materials
Participate in key campaign events such as press conferences, activist group meetings, and street actions
Desired Qualifications:
A demonstrated interest in energy and sustainability-related issues
Eagerness for learning and practicing grassroots organizing skills
Excellent social skills
Ability to work with a diverse group of stakeholders, both individually and as a team
Persistence, flexibility, creativity, and enthusiasm
Personal transportation
Personal computer/laptop
Timeline & Compensation:
Beginning Monday, June 6th, and concluding Wednesday, August 31, 2011, the schedule will be entail 25 hours
per week and will require working some evenings and weekend. Intern stipends will be $2000, delivered in 4
installments.
For more information, visit www.seeal.org, or contact jmarshall@seeal.org, (508) 996 8253 x206.
Please submit resume and cover letter no later than Friday, May 20th, at 4 p.m., to jmarshall@seeal.org,
or mail to SEEAL, Attn: SouthCoast Energy Challenge Organizing Internship,
63 Union Street, New Bedford, MA 02740.
